A Thanksgiving quilt; We've stitched together these pieces to give you a warm and comfortable holiday

Feathers ruffled? If you wanna talk turkey, the following consumer call-in lines and Web sites offer holiday cooking tips and answer questions about food safety. Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: Their new number is (800) BUTTERBALL, or (800) 288-8372, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day for bilingual assistance, automated assistance available 24 hours a day. Online: www.butterball.com, for online assistance and e-mail. USDA Meat and Poultry: (800) 535-4555, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day for bilingual assistance, automated assistance available 24 hours a day. Online: www.foodsafety.gov. Perdue: (800) 473-7383, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m Thanksgiving Day, automated assistance available 24 hours a day. Online: www.perdue.com. HoneySuckleWhite: (800) 810-6325, automated assistance only. - Jill Wendholt Silva Say grace An interfaith prayer: Praise be thou, O Spirit of generations, who sustains us with the pleasure of the harvest, the blessings of a heritage of freedom and the friendships which unfold the divine in us all. One for children: Thank you, God, for the world so sweet. Thank you, God, for the food we eat. Thank you, God, for the birds that sing. Thank you, God, for everything. One by Terry Waite in The Complete Book of Christian Prayer: Oh, Lord, in a world where many are lonely, We thank you for our friendships. In a world where many are captive, We thank you for our freedom. In a world where many are hungry, We thank you for your provision. We pray that you will enlarge our sympathy Deepen our compassion and give us grateful hearts. - Helen Gray Keeping 'em entertained Show the little ones how to make a turkey by outlining one of their hands in crayon. Roll a sheet of brown construction paper - or, hey, the newspaper - into the shape of a cone and staple it. Tell the kids to make a cornucopia with fruit, leaves, nuts, twigs, cranberries, even family photos. Have kids - adults, too - draw or write about 10 things for which they are thankful. See if everyone can come up with Puritan names based on virtues: Here's one: Faith. Name eight others. Give them this Thanksgiving Day quiz: What was the first permanent English settlement in what's now the United States? Where did the Pilgrims land? When? What was the name of their boat? What country did the Pilgrims come from? What is the name of the Indian tribe that saved the Pilgrims from starvation and helped them celebrate what became the first Thanksgiving? Can you name the chief of that tribe? Name the 13 original colonies founded between 1607 and 1682. Big extra credit if you can name them in order of when they were founded! (Answers on Page H-5.) - Eric Adler Give thanks for TV 7 a.m. "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" (NBC, Channel 41): Tony Bennett, Billy Gilman and others will ride down Broadway for the 75th annual staging. Barring a brisk wind, spectators will see new giant inflatable likenesses of Big Bird, Curious George, Pikachu and NBC's Al Roker. (Just kidding about Al - but it made you think of the marshmallow man in "Ghostbusters," didn't it?) 11:30 a.m. NFL football: The Lions face the Green Bay Packers in the early game on Fox (Channel 4), while the Cowboys take on the Denver Broncos at 3:05 p.m. on CBS (Channel 5). 7:30 p.m. "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story" (KCPT, Channel 19): This Canadian-made sequel, bearing little relation to its "Hallmark Hall of Fame" namesake, is set in New York and France during World War I. Starring Megan Follows as Anne. 7 p.m. "Friends," "Will & Grace," and "ER": These holiday-themed episodes have become an annual custom; NBC makes its top three programs give thanks they're scheduled on Thursday nights. - Aaron Barnhart Out darn spot! Tips from household guru Heloise and university extension agents: Gravy stains: Spoon up as much of the spill as possible, then blot with paper towels. Soak the soiled fabric in a solution of one teaspoon of a mild, colorless detergent to each cup of lukewarm water. If the stain remains, apply a full-strength liquid laundry detergent to the fabric, rub well, then launder as usual. Protein stains (egg nog, ice cream, milk puddings and pies): If the fabric is washable, soak in cold water to soften and loosen the protein; hot water cooks the stain into the fiber. Launder with regular detergent and warm water. Wine stains: Sprinkle the stain with lots of salt to absorb the liquid; put cloth in cold water and rub out the stain. Then soak for up to 30 minutes with an enzyme detergent in the hottest water safe for the fabric, and launder. (Do not pretreat with a bar soap, because soap can set stains caused by beer, citrus juices, alcoholic beverages, coffee and tea.) - Lisa Gutierrez Shopping today & Friday If you're going to run out of rolls or cranberry sauce, better realize it before noon. Most grocery stores have limited hours today, even those usually open 24 hours: Hen Houses, Sun Fresh Markets and Price Choppers: Some close as early as 1 p.m. Hy-Vees: Some close All grocery stores reopen at 6 a.m. Friday. Local shopping malls and plazas will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but they'll open at least one hour early on Friday - the busiest shopping day of the year. Ready, set, shop: Antioch Shopping Center: 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Bannister Mall: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Blue Ridge Mall: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Country Club Plaza: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Great Mall of the Great Plains: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Independence Center: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Metro North Mall: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oak Park Mall: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Town Center Plaza: 8 am. to 9 p.m. Ward Parkway Center: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - Lisa Gutierrez Burning it off We hate to put a damper on today's big eat-fest by raising the dreary specter of calories, exercise and hefty deposits of fat cells on your buttocks or belly, but ... But the fact is that to balance caloric intake and outgo on this eatingest of days, you'd better start on your Thanksgiving Day exercise plan right now. Speaking very, very conservatively, you can figure on ingesting around 1,100 calories at dinner today. A very modest slice of pumpkin pie with a dollop of whipped cream, for example, weighs in at about 300 calories. On the outgo side: A one-mile walk or run burns roughly 150 calories. An hour of fast-paced basketball: 450 calories. An hour of vigorous house-cleaning: 245 calories. So let's see, if you limit yourself to a teeny-weeny Thanksgiving dinner (yeah, right), and pack in a seven-mile hike afterward, your pants won't even know what happened. Just don't be lurking around the kitchen when you get back home. - Karen Uhlenhuth For more quilt blocks see Page H-5 @ART:Photos (4, color) @ART CREDIT:Quilt pieces by Rita Briner, Quilters Station, Lee's Summit; GREGORY L. BOOKER/The Kansas City Star